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Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The city of Raleigh is asking a federal court to drop the city from a High Point woman's lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 COVID policy protest.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A woman arrested during an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is suing the governor, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials. She argues that defendants violated her constitutional rights.
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 12:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During a 2020 legislative session immersed in financial doubt and civil unrest, Republican lawmakers flailed against Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power, fighting executive orders they say hurt North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 2:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ACE Speedway isn’t the only racetrack defying Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive orders against mass gatherings.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Cooper administration supports North Carolinians’ right to gather and peacefully protest in the wake of the horrific death of George Floyd, officials say, even as the spread of COVID-19 remains a concern.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 11:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On a day when North Carolina officials called for strong leadership, it’s unclear who’s actually in charge.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 4:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For a while it appeared North Carolina’s leaders were heading down the road of bipartisan cooperation, something we can all applaud.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 7:57 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A Raleigh lawyer is criticizing Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to allow only outdoor church services.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some Senate Republicans want to take the teeth from Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 emergency executive orders, which they say are killing small businesses.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 trends are headed in the right direction, Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday, April 30, but North Carolinians are going to be at home at least a week longer — and most shuttered businesses won’t be up-and-running again anytime soon.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly is in session, but it’s unclear how long it may take lawmakers to deal with economic fallout caused by COVID-19.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 11:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gary Salamido, president of the NC Chamber, is the lone business representative on Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 task force.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 3:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The protest was larger, the signs more prevalent. A form of detente established between police and demonstrators.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 8:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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There is enormous pressure for Gov. Cooper to loosen North Carolina’s economic lockdown and get people back to work while protecting public health.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 12:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper told the grassroots group ReopenNC on Monday, April 20, that recent executive orders and local ordinances limiting “mass gatherings” shouldn’t interfere with North Carolinians’ right to protest, worship, or exercise other First Amendment liberties.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The grassroots group ReopenNC has asked Gov. Roy Cooper and the chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners to clarify COVID-19-related emergency orders, claiming they violate constitutional rights of free assembly and free exercise of religion.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“Today, I want to tell North Carolinians that in order to ease restrictions we need to make progress in three areas: testing, tracing, and trends,” Gov. Roy Cooper said during his Wednesday, April 15, news conference.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s irresponsible of some politicians to use faith to lure people into endangering themselves, their family, and their own congregation, Gov. Roy Cooper said during a Friday, April 17, news conference.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 8:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, April 14, protesters gathered on the corner of Jones and Wilmington streets in Raleigh to protest the governor’s Executive Order 121 banning gatherings of more than 10 people.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper wants people to think about reopening the economy as a light dimmer, not an on/off switch.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two state senators are asking Gov. Roy Cooper to respond to Raleigh police’s decision to end Tuesday’s protest from the Reopen NC group.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers gave Wake Forest Baptist Health $100,000 for random antibody testing to gather data on how many N.C. residents had the coronavirus.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Dozens of people, including a handful of families, gathering across the street from the Legislative Building, openly violating Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 121 banning gatherings of more than 10 people.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 9:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s not just happening in Michigan, it’s also building in North Carolina and Ohio.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 3:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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